INDY on ESPN

Mike Pearson · 09-05-2007, 04:18 PM

I watched the ESPN coverage on monday of the finals of the US Nationals. I enjoyed the racing but there was way to much interviewing and sidebar stories to keep my interest. There was plenty of time for coverage of the sportsman catagories. I tune in to see racing not a bunch of boring interviews with the same old people they always talk to. I sure would have liked to watch the Hemi shoot out and the sportsman finals. Now that was some great racing action. I believe most drag racing fans would probably agree with me.

Mike

thumbprint · 09-05-2007, 05:22 PM

I agree with ya Mike.

mike raddish · 09-05-2007, 06:03 PM

While watching the broadcast with my wife, I mentioned to her that with all the fill time wouldn't you think that at the very least NHRa would show the sportsman finals. Anyway there is a lot of people on the same page regarding the issue of lack of coverage. A couple of years ago i called National Trails to find out the sportsman qualifying times and the woman mentioned that she couldn't believe that i didn't care aboutthe PROS and only wanted the sportsman times. Glad to see that i'm not the only weird guy on the planet.

castle5 · 09-05-2007, 06:39 PM

i few years back they used to show the sportman finals. i never missed a viewing when they did that and always looked forward to the 2 minutes they gave to the slow guys. i sure do miss my favorite 2 minutes of tv, instead its the force family drama hour..

JCQuinn · 09-06-2007, 10:42 AM

I got so bored with the interviews that I started flipping over to NFL preseason replays and then checked back periodically to see if someone was going to race. I missed a few runs but it was only Pro's so who really cares.

I only watch it because it is drag racing not because I gove a hoot about the private lives of any of the racers.

09-06-2007, 01:27 PM

I'm not much of a Nascar fan but I got stuck watching the race from Calif.Speedway on Sunday night because the rest of my reletives at a Labor Day get togather all are fans. Don't shoot the messenger but i'll have to admit the Nascar race was far more entertaining then I would have ever imagined & compaired to the poor Espn coverage of Indy on Monday (again for about the 10th year in a row) I won't watch anymore Drag racing on Tv ever again because it's just plain boring & besides how many times do we have to talk about all of John Force's new sponsors & the 2-new cars & swimming pool he just bought for Ashley at her new house?? At least when you watch the Nascar roundy-rounders you see some actual racing going on!!! lol

JJ3159 · 09-06-2007, 03:20 PM

why not show more sportsman,like when espn started covering DRAG RACING at indy.

digdog · 09-07-2007, 01:04 AM

If we could get this topic to be "hot" enough on this forum and possibly on other forums, there could be a chance that we might be able to raise some eyebrows and maybe get the right person's attention.

I thoroughly enjoy watching the sportsmen racing on ESPN. To me, that type of racing is way more interesting and entertaining than watching a "first to the finish line."

Really, the reactions from the crowds are far greater and louder when the two people racing get into a "pedal fest" than when the two both get down smoothly (unless they break a record or high speed of some sort).

I would encourage everybody on this post to at least say something concerning this topic so that we may be able to get somebody's attention. It may not do a thing, but you never know!

God Bless!

Dave Goob Cook · 09-07-2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by castle5

i few years back they used to show the sportman finals. i never missed a viewing when they did that and always looked forward to the 2 minutes they gave to the slow guys. i sure do miss my favorite 2 minutes of tv, instead its the force family drama hour..

Heard DAT!!!! You have to look real close to find the LODRS coverage to get your 15 seconds of real Sportsman coverage now......

If it ain't on fire, it doesn't get on TeeVee, unless it's something to do with Force.

Paul Page, puhhhhhleeeeze...............the guy would never have been on TeeVee to begin with if he hadn't gone down in the ABC affiliate traffic copter about 20 years ago.

His payoff was a long term contract, then for some reason, if you were from Indianapolis, you were automatically a "motorsports expert commentator", ala Robin Miller, a drunken, washed up local news columnist. At least Miller does weasel his way into enough pit spots and garages to get some gossip, but that is all.

Jeff Lee · 09-07-2007, 01:03 PM

Love it or hate it, Pinks (both versions) get more viewer's than ANY NHRA pro-series TV coverage. What does that tell you?
You could take something like the SS/AH shoot-out and even the Class runoffs and garner the same type of energy for TV as shown on Pinks. It just takes a knowledeable host to build up the energy and there will be viewers! Really, if you can take some of the ho-dunks on Pinks and make them look like hero's, imagine what they could do with NHRA Sportsman racing!

09-05-2007, 04:18 PM	#1
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,443 Likes: 613 Liked 1,915 Times in 574 Posts	INDY on ESPN I watched the ESPN coverage on monday of the finals of the US Nationals. I enjoyed the racing but there was way to much interviewing and sidebar stories to keep my interest. There was plenty of time for coverage of the sportsman catagories. I tune in to see racing not a bunch of boring interviews with the same old people they always talk to. I sure would have liked to watch the Hemi shoot out and the sportsman finals. Now that was some great racing action. I believe most drag racing fans would probably agree with me. Mike __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS

09-05-2007, 05:22 PM	#2
thumbprint Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N.Myrtle Beach SC. Posts: 109 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: INDY on ESPN I agree with ya Mike.

09-05-2007, 06:03 PM	#3
mike raddish Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: mogadore Posts: 43 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: INDY on ESPN While watching the broadcast with my wife, I mentioned to her that with all the fill time wouldn't you think that at the very least NHRa would show the sportsman finals. Anyway there is a lot of people on the same page regarding the issue of lack of coverage. A couple of years ago i called National Trails to find out the sportsman qualifying times and the woman mentioned that she couldn't believe that i didn't care aboutthe PROS and only wanted the sportsman times. Glad to see that i'm not the only weird guy on the planet.

09-05-2007, 06:39 PM	#4
castle5 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: indiana Posts: 39 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: INDY on ESPN i few years back they used to show the sportman finals. i never missed a viewing when they did that and always looked forward to the 2 minutes they gave to the slow guys. i sure do miss my favorite 2 minutes of tv, instead its the force family drama hour..

09-06-2007, 10:42 AM	#5
JCQuinn Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: INDY on ESPN I got so bored with the interviews that I started flipping over to NFL preseason replays and then checked back periodically to see if someone was going to race. I missed a few runs but it was only Pro's so who really cares. I only watch it because it is drag racing not because I gove a hoot about the private lives of any of the racers.

09-06-2007, 01:27 PM	#6
Harry Niles Guest Posts: n/a	Nascar Coverage I'm not much of a Nascar fan but I got stuck watching the race from Calif.Speedway on Sunday night because the rest of my reletives at a Labor Day get togather all are fans. Don't shoot the messenger but i'll have to admit the Nascar race was far more entertaining then I would have ever imagined & compaired to the poor Espn coverage of Indy on Monday (again for about the 10th year in a row) I won't watch anymore Drag racing on Tv ever again because it's just plain boring & besides how many times do we have to talk about all of John Force's new sponsors & the 2-new cars & swimming pool he just bought for Ashley at her new house?? At least when you watch the Nascar roundy-rounders you see some actual racing going on!!! lol

09-06-2007, 03:20 PM	#7
JJ3159 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: WEST SENECA N.Y. Posts: 140 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: INDY on ESPN why not show more sportsman,like when espn started covering DRAG RACING at indy.

09-07-2007, 01:04 AM	#8
digdog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: INDY on ESPN If we could get this topic to be "hot" enough on this forum and possibly on other forums, there could be a chance that we might be able to raise some eyebrows and maybe get the right person's attention. I thoroughly enjoy watching the sportsmen racing on ESPN. To me, that type of racing is way more interesting and entertaining than watching a "first to the finish line." Really, the reactions from the crowds are far greater and louder when the two people racing get into a "pedal fest" than when the two both get down smoothly (unless they break a record or high speed of some sort). I would encourage everybody on this post to at least say something concerning this topic so that we may be able to get somebody's attention. It may not do a thing, but you never know! God Bless!

09-07-2007, 01:03 PM	#10
Jeff Lee VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 2,766 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: INDY on ESPN Love it or hate it, Pinks (both versions) get more viewer's than ANY NHRA pro-series TV coverage. What does that tell you? You could take something like the SS/AH shoot-out and even the Class runoffs and garner the same type of energy for TV as shown on Pinks. It just takes a knowledeable host to build up the energy and there will be viewers! Really, if you can take some of the ho-dunks on Pinks and make them look like hero's, imagine what they could do with NHRA Sportsman racing! __________________ Jeff Lee 7494 D/S '70 AMX